TIRANA, Jan 2 /ATA/ – The Ministry of Health reported Sunday that 1150 tests were conducted and 179 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in Albania.
A total of 213 Covid-infected people recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total of recovered coronavirus patients to 201,282 since the novel coronavirus outbreak in early March 2020.
Ministry of Health said in its daily briefing that 98 patients are currently being treated at the COVID-designated hospitals, with 10 of them at serious condition.
Two more patients died of COVID-19 disease complications in the past 24 hours.
Based on the Ministry of Health data there are currently 6,383 active cases in Albania.
The Ministry of Health appealed to every citizen over 16 to report to the nearest vaccination site and health care centre across the country to receive doses of the coronavirus vaccines as a way to avoid hospitalization and severe symptoms of the infection.
The Ministry also called on everyone not to ignore any symptoms of the disease and instead they visit the family doctor in order to undergo test or immediately dial the emergency line 127 if suspecting of any COVID-19 symptoms.
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